0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          ARTHUR H. RODARTE
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO ASSESS
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0012|     THE FEASIBILITY OF AND PREPARE LEGISLATION TO EARMARK PAYMENT
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0013|     IN LIEU OF TAXES FROM THE VALLECITOS FEDERAL SUSTAINED YIELD
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0014|     UNIT TO THE MESA VISTA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, the Vallecitos federal sustained yield unit of
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0017|     the Carson national forest is a unique seventy-three thousand
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0018|     acre forest management unit located within the Mesa Vista
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0019|     consolidated school district; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the Mesa Vista consolidated school district does
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0021|     not benefit from the Vallecitos federal sustained yield unit;
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0022|     and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the Mesa Vista consolidated school district
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0024|     requests a new special educational subsidy of a grant of
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0025|     noncategorical funds to subsidize a comprehensive vocational
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0001|     and technical instructional program in agriculture, wood work
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0002|     and business for high school students;
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0003|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0004|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative education study
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0005|     committee be requested to assess the feasibility of and
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0006|     prepare legislation to earmark the payment in lieu of taxes
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0007|     money from the Vallecitos federal sustained yield unit for a
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0008|     special educational subsidy to the Mesa Vista consolidated
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0009|     school district; and
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0010|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0011|     transmitted to the director of the legislative education study
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0012|     committee.
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